Côte-Nord

Côte-Nord
Country	Canada
province	Quebec
Administrative headquarters	Baie-Comeau
Residents	95,802 (2011)
surface	236,699.6 km²
Population density	0.4 inhabitants / km²

Côte-Nord is an administrative region ( French région administrative ) in the northeast of the Canadian province of Québec .

It is further divided into six regional county municipalities (municipalités régionales de comté) and 53 municipalities, reserves and unincorporated areas. The administrative seat is in Baie-Comeau . The region also includes Anticosti Island and the Mingan Archipelago .

The population is 95,802 (2011), the land area 236,699.6 km², which corresponds to a population density of 0.4 inhabitants per km². 91.5% of the population speak French and 4.4% English as their main language.

In the east, Côte-Nord is bordered by the province of Newfoundland and Labrador , in the south on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence , in the southwest on the Capitale-Nationale region , in the west on Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean , in the north on Nord-du- Quebec . Despite an arbitration ruling by the Justice Committee of the British Privy Council in 1927, part of the border with Labrador is controversial; the provincial government describes the demarcation as "not definitive".

structure

Regional County Councils (MRC):

• Caniapiscau
• La Haute-Côte-Nord
• Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
• Manicouagan
• Mingany
• Sept-Rivières

Reserves outside an MRC:

• Betsiamites
• Essipit
• Kawawachikamach
• La Romaine
• Maliotenam
• Matimekosh
• Mingan
• Natashquan
• Pakuashipi
• Uashat

Web links

Commons : Côte-Nord  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Côte-Nord region
• Statistical data
• Côte-Nord. Commission de toponymie du Quebec